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This makes me wonder: what happened to the Zika, MERS and SARS vaccines? Did researches give up because the virus(es) were mitigated?
by 0xff00ffee 7y ago
This makes me wonder: what happened to the Zika, MERS and SARS vaccines? Did researches give up because the virus(es) were mitigated?
- mu_killnine 7y agoBasically, yes. Here's an excellent Planet Money article I heard yesterday going over this issue: https://www.npr.org/2020/03/13/815307821/planet-money-why-the-market-for-emergency-vaccines-is-like-no-other https://www.npr.org/2020/03/13/815307821/planet-money-why-th... At least in the US, there's a policy of 'creating' a market for vaccines for these potential outbreaks in order to incentivize industry to research and produce them.